| Italian: Senza pietà|i=no | |
| Cover: | Cover art for the 1999 single "Senza pietà" by Anna Oxa.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Anna Oxa |
| Album: | Italian: Senza pietà |
| Language: | Italian |
| B-Side: | "Italian: Che cosa dire di te|i=no" |
| Released: |
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| Recorded: | 1998 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 4:42 |
| Label: | |
| Composer: | Claudio Guidetti |
| Lyricist: | Alberto Salerno |
| Producer: | Fio Zanotti |
| Chronology: | Anna Oxa |
| Prev Title: | Italian: Come dirsi ciao|i=no |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Italian: Camminando camminando|i=no |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Italian: '''Senza pietà'''|i=no" ("Without mercy") is a 1999 song composed by Claudio Guidetti with lyrics by Alberto Salerno, performed by Italian singer Anna Oxa. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 1999, reaching number 4 on the Italian charts and becoming a radio hit.[1]
The lyrics were inspired by the war imagery portrayed in The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati.[2]
| Chart (1999) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[6] | 4 | |
| Italy (airplay) | 3 |